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DEFINITION
Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
Education Statistics > Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Djibouti :
55.49 %
2005 ...
#2 Cuba :
37.65 %
2004 ...
#3 Burkina Faso :
34.69 %
2005 ...
#4 Kiribati :
31.66 %
2001 ...
#5 Slovenia :
30.03 %
2003 ...
#6 Cyprus :
26.74 %
2003 ...
#7 Iceland :
26.11 %
2003 ...
#8 Italy :
25.91 %
2003 ...
#9 Marshall Islands :
25.74 %
2002 ...
#10 Denmark :
25.48 %
2003 ...
#11 Switzerland :
24.88 %
2003 ...
#12 Portugal :
24.42 %
2003 ...
#13 Lesotho :
24.19 %
2005 ...
#14 Tunisia :
24.12 %
2003 ...
#15 Sweden :
23.98 %
2003 ...
#16 Macedonia, Republic of :
23.84 %
2003 ...
#17 Kenya :
23.57 %
2004 ...
#18 Suriname :
23.53 %
1991 ...
#19 Barbados :
23.41 %
2005 ...
#20 Austria :
23.18 %
2003 ...
#21 Morocco :
22.9 %
2005 ...
#22 Poland :
22.89 %
2003 ...
#23 Israel :
22.79 %
2003 ...
#24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
22.72 %
2005 ...
#25 Japan :
22.63 %
2003 ...
#26 Ethiopia :
22.11 %
1991 ...
#27 Maldives :
22 %
2005 ...
#28 Hungary :
21.93 %
2003 ...
#29 Norway :
21.68 %
2003 ...
#30 United States :
21.51 %
2003 ...
#31 Latvia :
20.55 %
2003 ...
#32 Luxembourg :
20.33 %
2003 ...
#33 Croatia :
20.22 %
2003 ...
#34 Belgium :
20.18 %
2003 ...
#35 Estonia :
20.14 %
2003 ...
#36 Namibia :
20.13 %
2003 ...
#37 Cape Verde :
19.82 %
2005 ...
#38 Colombia :
19.55 %
2005 ...
#39 New Zealand :
19.42 %
2004 ...
#40 Burundi :
19.13 %
2005 ...
#41 Niger :
19.03 %
2002 ...
#42 Bulgaria :
19.03 %
2003 ...
#43 Finland :
18.72 %
2003 ...
#44 Senegal :
18.67 %
2005 ...
#45 Netherlands :
18.66 %
2003 ...
#46 Korea, South :
18.63 %
2003 ...
#47 Malaysia :
18.62 %
2003 ...
#48 Spain :
18.62 %
2003 ...
#49 Fiji :
18.6 %
2004 ...
#50 United Kingdom :
18.44 %
2003 ...
#51 Seychelles :
18.06 %
2004 ...
#52 France :
17.6 %
2003 ...
#53 Botswana :
17.23 %
2005 ...
#54 Guyana :
17.08 %
2005 ...
#55 Costa Rica :
17.05 %
2004 ...
#56 Moldova :
16.6 %
2005 ...
#57 Germany :
16.57 %
2003 ...
#58 Australia :
16.41 %
2003 ...
#59 Oman :
16.31 %
2004 ...
#60 Côte d'Ivoire :
16.3 %
2001 ...
#61 Bolivia :
16.21 %
2003 ...
#62 Greece :
16.12 %
2003 ...
#63 Bahrain :
15.82 %
2002 ...
#64 Mali :
15.76 %
1999 ...
#65 Trinidad and Tobago :
15.7 %
2002 ...
#66 Mexico :
15.46 %
2003 ...
#67 Hong Kong :
14.86 %
2005 ...
#68 Ukraine :
14.81 %
2005 ...
#69 Vanuatu :
14.67 %
2001 ...
#70 Lithuania :
14.42 %
2003 ...
#71 Bhutan :
14.38 %
2000 ...
#72 Mongolia :
14.29 %
2004 ...
#73 Syria :
14.24 %
2002 ...
#74 South Africa :
14.16 %
2005 ...
#75 Belarus :
14.14 %
2005 ...
#76 Solomon Islands :
14.07 %
1991 ...
#77 Mozambique :
14.07 %
2004 ...
#78 Jordan :
14.02 %
2004 ...
#79 Thailand :
13.91 %
2004 ...
#80 Ireland :
13.86 %
2003 ...
#81 Malta :
13.57 %
2002 ...
#82 Malawi :
13.53 %
2003 ...
#83 Saint Lucia :
13.48 %
2005 ...
#84 Slovakia :
13.04 %
2003 ...
#85 Czech Republic :
12.87 %
2003 ...
#86 Ghana :
12.85 %
2005 ...
#87 Chile :
12.82 %
2004 ...
#88 Belize :
12.75 %
2004 ...
#89 Paraguay :
12.57 %
2003 ...
#90 Samoa :
12.56 %
2002 ...
#91 Aruba :
12.54 %
2003 ...
#92 Swaziland :
12.43 %
2004 ...
#93 Nepal :
12.41 %
2003 ...
#94 Kuwait :
12.16 %
2005 ...
#95 Tonga :
12.15 %
2004 ...
#96 Mauritius :
11.85 %
2005 ...
#97 Turkey :
11.84 %
2003 ...
#98 Grenada :
11.81 %
2003 ...
#99 Central African Republic :
11.76 %
2005 ...
#100 Philippines :
11.73 %
2003 ...
#101 Jamaica :
11.54 %
2004 ...
#102 Benin :
11.54 %
2005 ...
#103 Singapore :
11.49 %
2001 ...
#104 Zimbabwe :
11.36 %
2001 ...
#105 Algeria :
11.31 %
2003 ...
#106 Rwanda :
11.28 %
2005 ...
#107 Eritrea :
11.28 %
2005 ...
#108 Uganda :
11.27 %
2004 ...
#109 India :
11.08 %
2003 ...
#110 Argentina :
10.93 %
2003 ...
#111 Brazil :
10.8 %
2002 ...
#112 Cameroon :
10.3 %
2004 ...
#113 Guinea :
10.29 %
2000 ...
#114 Kazakhstan :
9.99 %
2005 ...
#115 Mauritania :
9.82 %
2005 ...
#116 Iran :
9.71 %
2005 ...
#117 Panama :
9.65 %
2004 ...
#118 Comoros :
9.48 %
2002 ...
#119 El Salvador :
9.24 %
2005 ...
#120 Haiti :
9.14 %
1991 ...
#121 Nicaragua :
8.81 %
2004 ...
#122 Tajikistan :
8.7 %
2005 ...
#123 Laos :
8.57 %
2005 ...
#124 Madagascar :
8.43 %
2005 ...
#125 Dominican Republic :
8.11 %
2005 ...
#126 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7.92 %
2004 ...
#127 Macau :
7.78 %
2003 ...
#128 Albania :
7.78 %
2002 ...
#129 Kyrgyzstan :
7.57 %
2002 ...
#130 Gambia, The :
7.37 %
2004 ...
#131 Chad :
7.3 %
2005 ...
#132 Lebanon :
7.19 %
2005 ...
#133 United Arab Emirates :
7.1 %
2004 ...
#134 Bangladesh :
7.03 %
2004 ...
#135 Pakistan :
7 %
2004 ...
#136 Peru :
6.72 %
2005 ...
#137 Togo :
6.7 %
2002 ...
#138 Guatemala :
6.55 %
2002 ...
#139 Uruguay :
6.47 %
2003 ...
#140 Azerbaijan :
6.35 %
2005 ...
#141 Cambodia :
6.06 %
2004 ...
#142 Zambia :
5.42 %
2005 ...
#143 Armenia :
4.98 %
2001 ...
#144 Congo, Republic of the :
4.01 %
2005 ...
#145 Libya :
2.97 %
1999 ...
#146 Burma :
2.66 %
2003 ...
#147 Indonesia :
2.62 %
2003 ...
#148 Equatorial Guinea :
0.93 %
2001 ...
Weighted average:
15.4 %
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
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